CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital

1 Hospital Drive, Lewisburg, PA · Wellspan · · NPI 1124076039

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$557.50

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,499.50

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$169.40 with UPMC_Medicaid vs $2,463.16 with Blue_Cross — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC_Medicaid All_Plans $169.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Geisinger All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Aetna_Advantra_Medicare All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Amerihealth_Medicare All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Blue_Cross_BlueJourney_Medicare All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Devoted_Medicare All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
First_Health_Network All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Geisinger_Gold_Medicare All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicaid All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Jefferson_Health_Medicare_Advantage All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicare All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
UPMC_for_Life_Community_HealthChoices UPMC_for_Life_Complete_Care $171.26 ↓ -69%
United_Medicaid Community_Plan_For_Kids $171.26 ↓ -69%
United_Medicare ISNP_DSNP_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Humana_Medicare All_Plans $171.26 ↓ -69%
Performance_Blue Blue_Cross_High_Performance_Network $171.93 ↓ -69%
Highmark All_Other_Plans $171.93 ↓ -69%
Highmark Higmark_Healthy_Kids $171.93 ↓ -69%
Highmark_Medicare All_Plans $171.93 ↓ -69%
Amerihealth_Caritas_Medicaid All_Plans $181.72 ↓ -67%
UPMC UPMC_For_Kids $186.34 ↓ -67%
Highmark_Wholecare_Gateway_Medicare All_Plans $192.50 ↓ -65%
Health_Partners_Medicaid All_Plans $192.50 ↓ -65%
Geisinger_Medicaid All_Plans $199.82 ↓ -64%
PA_Health_&_Wellness_Medicaid All_Plans $200.20 ↓ -64%
United_Healthcare All_Plans $1,006.60 ↑ +81%
Blue_Cross Capital_Cares_4_kids $1,724.21 ↑ +209%
UPMC All_Plans $2,275.23 ↑ +308%
Blue_Cross All_Other_Plans $2,463.16 ↑ +342%

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CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,464.00 $92.50 – $1,952.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,294.80 $121.17 – $1,834.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,926.60 $161.70 – $2,568.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,294.80 $121.17 – $1,834.30
UPMC East Monroeville $3,242.40 $169.40 – $4,323.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,052.60 $169.40 – $848.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,533.00 $153.92 – $787.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,294.80 $121.17 – $824.17

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